I had a '73 that I bought from my boss at the time, in '77. In fact I *just now* got an email from him, we still keep in touch 40+ years later. Anyways I was 20 at the time, and borrowed $3800 to buy it, without a co-signer. That was pretty badass for my age, and $3800 was a big chunk of change for a used anything in 1977. I was the envy of all my buddies who were doing silly stuff, like going to college (lol).
I went on to own a '78 280Z, a '93 300ZX, and much later, that awesome reincarnation of the original, a BMW Z4M coupé in 2007. I miss all of them!
'21 M2 Competition
'08 Z4 M Coupé
'19 Golf R